Lakelands....................... lovely feathered friends

A lovely few days in the Lake District...  it's a beautiful place to visit.

So much stunning scenery.

Cumbria does get it's fair share of rain (hence the lakes) so I was delighted to get the lovely sunshine I did and enjoyed some wonderful encounters on my wanders with some of the local birds.

Robin (Erithacus rubecula)



Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

 

Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) ...with a hearty meal

 

Blackbird (Turdus merula).....

 

.....having a scratch around

 

Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis)

 

Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

 

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator).....



.....so difficult to get a decent image of.....



.....as hard as I tried

Pied  Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Enjoying the sunshine.....another tricky bird to get close to

 

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

  And of course the highlight of my four day break in the beautiful English Lake District was the Osprey.

As stated in the last post I watched this lovely bird through my binoculars and had a superb view of it catching it's prey.

I grabbed my camera after the fish was caught and managed to get this record shot.

Fantastic weather...stunning scenery...and beautiful birds....what more could I have wished for.

Please scroll down to read the last few posts about my fantastic vacation if you havn't already viewed them.